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2012/139 Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 11th day of June 2012 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 38 of the Road User Charges Act 2012, His Ex- cellency the Governor-General makes the following order, acting— on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; (a) and on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport after hav- ing been satisfied of the matters referred to in section 38(2) of that Act.
(b) Contents 1 2 3 4 Title Commencement Interpretation Classes of RUC vehicles in respect of which road user charges are not payable Page 2 2 2 3 1 cl 1 Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 Schedule Classes of RUC vehicles in respect of which road user charges are not payable 2012/139 4 Order Title This order is the Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Ve- hicles) Exemption Order 2012.

Commencement This order comes into force on 1 August 2012.
Interpretation In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Road User Charges Act 2012 agricultural purposes includes— (a) cultivating land, growing or harvesting crops, rearing livestock, horticulture, and viticulture; and land management operations (other than forestry) con- nected with any of the activities described in paragraph (a) (b) is principally designed for off-road use; and has 3 or more wheels; and has an engine capacity exceeding 50 ml; and has a gross laden weight less than 1 000 kg all-terrain vehicle means a motor vehicle (with or without motorcycle controls and equipment) that— (a) (b) (c) (d) forklift means a motor vehicle that is not fitted with self-laying tracks and that is designed principally for lifting, carrying, and stacking goods by means of 1 or more tines, platens, or clamps gross laden weight has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Land Transport Act 1998 mobile crane does not include— (a) (b) (c) a mobile vehicle recovery unit: a truck mounted crane: a crane to which a distance recorder is, or could readily be, fitted 1 2 3 (1) 2 2012/139 Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 cl 4 self-propelled machine designed for industrial purposes means the following self-propelled machines that are de- signed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for industrial purposes: aerodrome runway sweepers: (a) aero engine test benches: (b) electrical substations: (c) filters for transformer oil: (d) (e) log haulers that are stationary when hauling logs self-propelled vehicle or towed vehicle designed for agri- cultural purposes— (a) means a self-propelled vehicle or towed vehicle that is designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for agricultural purposes; but does not include— (i) (ii) a tractor: a self-propelled or towed vehicle designed for spreading fertiliser if used on a road for the cartage of fertiliser: a self-propelled vehicle designed as a weed sprayer built on a truck chassis (iii) (b) (2) 4 traction engine has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Land Transport Act 1998 tractor means a motor vehicle (other than a traction engine) that— (a) is designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for traction and powering implements; and does not exceed 40 km per hour on the road.
(b) Terms or expressions used and not defined in this order but defined in the Act have, in this order, the same meaning as in the Act.

Classes of RUC vehicles in respect of which road user charges are not payable For the purposes of section 38(1) of the Act, the classes of RUC vehicles in respect of which road user charges are not 3 Schedule Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 2012/139 payable are the classes of RUC vehicles specified in the Sched- ule.
Schedule Classes of RUC vehicles in respect of which road user charges are not payable cl 4 Aerodrome crash fire tenders used on road only in emergencies All-terrain vehicles Asphalt mixing and paving plants Bulldozers and angle dozers Cable jinkers Forestry chippers used exclusively in forestry operations or manage- ment of a forest Forklifts Front end loaders Log forwarders Log haulers that are not self-propelled and are stationary when haul- ing logs Log processors Mobile cranes Mobile pile drivers Motor graders Motor vehicles propelled and supported solely by self-laying tracks Plant for servicing oil filled cables Post debarkers Road rollers Saw bench apparatus Sawing or shearing apparatus used for tree cutting Self-propelled machines designed for industrial purposes Self-propelled motor scrapers Self-propelled trench diggers and excavators Self-propelled vehicles or towed vehicles designed for agricultural purposes, for example,— combine harvesters: (a) 4 2012/139 Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 Explanatory note cultivation equipment: feed troughs: hay balers: hay rakes: maize harvesters: pea viners: silage choppers: silage wagons: windrowers (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) Self-propelled vehicles that are always unladen on the road and de- signed exclusively for carrying earth or other bulk materials Self-propelled water carts that are always unladen on the road Sidehandlers Stone and gravel crushing and screening plants Telehandlers Traction engines Tractors Trailer scrapers that are not self-propelled Trailers towed by a traction engine, forklift, telehandler, sidehandler, or self-propelled machine designed for industrial purposes Michael Webster, for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 August 2012, specifies classes of RUC vehicles in respect of which road user charges are not payable under the Road User Charges Act 2012 as authorised by section 38 of that Act.

5 Road User Charges (Classes of RUC Vehicles) Exemption Order 2012 2012/139 Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 14 June 2012.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.

12 6 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2012